If a recruiter tells you this, he or she is violating military regulations that state that recruiters cannot threaten or harass people in the DEP. The Army regulations explain it this way:. This quotation is from the Army, but every branch of the military has similar wording in their regulations.
Still, harassment, intimidation and dishonesty by recruiters are all too common. If you choose not report when you are scheduled, you can try to avoid some of this harassment by going out of town or staying with a friend that day.
If the recruiter pressures you or tells you that you will be in legal trouble if you do not show up for Basic Training, refer them to the military regulations. Recruiters have a job to do.
They have a certain quota they need to meet each month. They might even be deployed to a war zone. Different recruiters come to this point at different times depending on the signals they get from the person. Different recruiters use different tactics to keep people from leaving.
The sooner someone sends the recruiter a clear signal, the sooner the recruiter will let go and put their energy elsewhere. If a recruit sends a recruiter the message that indicates the recruit still feels obligated, the recruiter will likely persist. Recruiters know that recruits can get out of the DEP, but they usually don't advertise that fact. After signaling a change of heart, many DEP members have reported harassment from recruiters.
The level of harassment varies from recruiter to recruiter and case to case. If a recruiter is calling too often, a person can ask them to stop calling. If the calls persist, a person can report the recruiter for phone harassment through the phone provider.
A recruiter has no right to enter someone's private property. A person can ask a recruiter to leave and report the recruiter to the police for trespassing if the recruiter remains or comes back. Most workplaces are also private property, and a recruiter who comes to someone's workplace can be asked to leave and can be reported for trespassing if they refuse. If a recruiter doesn't leave someone alone in a school, the person can go to the principle or other school authorities to complain about the harassment.
Friends and family members are under no obligation to assist recruiters and need not give them access to private property. If a recruiter shows up at someone's home on the person's ship date, they have no right to enter the property without permission, nor are they allowed to force someone to leave the property. Even in cases when a person has not had contact with the recruiter in weeks or months, it is still likely that the recruiter will attempt to contact a person and try to persuade him or her to go on the ship date.
Many people decide to be away from home on the ship date to avoid possible confrontations with recruiters. Sometimes people who have signed up for the DEP of one branch of the military decide they want to be in a different branch instead. Keep in mind that the GI Rights Hotline receives complaints about every branch of the military. We are in no position to endorse one branch or component as being the trouble-free option.
Because a person is only allowed to be in one branch of the service at a time, a DEP member who wants to change branches must be discharged before he or she can sign another contract. Because many recruiters leave people in the DEP for the entire year allowed, this presents a problem when people are in a hurry to join another branch. We do not recommend that anyone hurry into any military contract. One avenue to speed up the process of getting out is to submit a letter asking for release.
Some people use certified mail and save a copy of the letter for themselves. If after weeks of asking for discharge in writing there is no satisfactory reply, a person can contact their local congressional office and ask that an inquiry be done into status of their separation request.
See house. People who have taken these steps can still get out of the DEP using methods described above. Eventually a persons time in the DEP ends and the transition to active duty for training basic training begins.
Up until that final point of the second swear in and signing of the last page of the contract, people have been able to get out of the DEP by simply refusing to go. Depending on your enlistment process, you may visit the MEPS once or twice. Those who visit only once typically stay for two days and proceed directly to basic training afterward.
You have to complete a Request for Conditional Release from your current branch of service. MEPS on ship day….. Everyone will undergo a blood-alcohol test to ensure that they are not intoxicated. A sports bra is acceptable. A normal bra or sports bra is acceptable. MEPS is easy. You simply take a physical and pass the physical. And do a lot of paperwork. As for as what you can do, that generally means being in shape going to your delayed entry program meetings.
The second trip is for actually enlisting on active duty and shipping off to basic training.
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